‘L.A.’s’ Finn feted by Casting Society

'Boogie Nights,' 'Anastasia' get similar nods

“L.A. Confidential” added another prize to its list of kudos Wednesday when the Casting Society of America honored the film’s casting director, Mali Finn.

The award was one of 13 given to casting directors during the CSA’s 14th annual Artios Awards at the Century Plaza Hotel.

Finn’s prize for “Confidential,” a film that won Kim Basinger an Oscar, was for outstanding achievement in casting feature film dramas. Finn received a second Artios Award for casting the independent feature “Sunday.” She was most recently the casting director for “Your Friends and Neighbors.”

Alexa L. Fogel was another two-time Artios winner, for “Oz,” in both the dramatic episodic and dramatic pilot categories.

The CSA’s lifetime achievement award was presented to director John Frankenheimer, whose most recent film is “Ronin.” During a 45-year career, Frankenheimer also directed “Birdman of Alcatraz,” “The Manchurian Candidate,” “Grand Prix,” “The Iceman Cometh” and “Seven Days in May,” among others, as well as a large number of television productions, including “George Wallace.”

The Hoyt Bowers Award for contribution to the casting profession was given to Geoffrey Johnson and Vinnie Liff, casting directors of Broadway productions such as “Phantom of the Opera,” “Cats,” “Miss Saigon,” “Amadeus,” “Les Miserables” and “Equus.”